Best-selling author launches new techno-thriller with competition to win a Kindle Touch.
OXFORD May 22nd 2012
M.G. Harris’s THE DESCENDANT is a stand-alone novel for adults and older readers, set in the fictional world of her best-selling series, THE JOSHUA FILES. It was the author’s first novel, written early in 2005 following the ski accident that kick-started a career as a successful novelist.
Like many first manuscripts, THE DESCENDANT was temporarily shelved when the author was gripped by another idea, this time for a YA series; THE JOSHUA FILES, which quickly had offers from several UK children’s publishers and was eventually published by Scholastic Children’s Books, UK.
“Once I’d completed THE JOSHUA FILES, I felt it was time to return to the idea from which Josh’s story sprang,” said M.G. Harris. “It was huge fun to revisit THE DESCENDANT, an action-packed, twisty thriller that combines archaeology, genetics and mythology.”
The book includes the first clue of an exciting code-cracking competition based around THE DESCENDANT Alternate Reality Game, with a chance to win a Kindle Touch.
For terms and conditions see facebook.com/thedescendant
Reviews of The Joshua Files by the same author
‘An exciting adventure and coming-of-age story with plot twists and cliff-hanger chapter endings that will keep you up all night to finish.’ San Jose Mercury News
‘A fast-paced first-person thriller…It’s the Mexican and Mayan flavourings that give Harris’s adventure yarn that bit of extra bite as she weaves a satisfyingly twisty plot.’ Financial Times
About M.G. Harris
Oxford-based MG (Maria Guadalupe) started writing after a ski accident at the end of 2004 left her immobile for weeks. She has a doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Oxford.
Her first published novel, THE JOSHUA FILES: INVISIBLE CITY was the UK’s fastest-selling children’s fiction debut of 2008.
Book Details
ISBN 9781909072015 (US & Canada paperback)
ISBN 9781909072008 (UK & Australia paperback)
Ebook – exclusively on Kindle via Amazon until September 2012.
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER – $1.59 (Amazon.com) 99p (Amazon.co.uk)
Download a PDF of The Descendant press release
Contact details:
David Harris [email protected]
themgharris.com/descendant
